Artemis II Splashes Down
NASA/Bill Ingalls This image from April 10, 2026, captures NASA’s Orion spacecraft, with its parachutes deployed, seconds before splashdown in the Pacific Ocean. The Artemis II...
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Rust-y Firmware for Waveshare Smartwatch
Waveshare makes a nifty little ESP32-S3 based smartwatch product, but its firmware is apparently not to everyone’s liking. Specifically, it’s not to [infiniton] a.k.a [Bright_Warning_8406]’s liking,...
Read moreGarage sale haul finds 2013 ‘trash can’ Mac Pro nestled inside 2010 Mac Pro enclosure — Mac Pro inception still needs some work to get running
A lucky buyer on Reddit found a 2010 Mac Pro in a garage sale and it had a whole ‘nother 2013 Mac Pro sitting inside. The...
Read moreBenchmarking Nvidia’s RTX Neural Texture Compression tech that can reduce VRAM usage by over 80%
We put RTX Neural Texture Compression to the test with multiple GPUs and on a laptop.
Read moreIs the ‘Holy Grail of batteries’ finally ready to bless us with its presence?
Earlier this year, a relatively unknown startup from Finland made a startling announcement: It had finally solved solid-state batteries. Not only that, but Donut Lab, a...
Read moreBest Electric Cargo Bikes (2026): Urban Arrow, Lectric, Tern, and More
You don’t need a car to tote around kids and cup holders. I rode cargo ebikes for miles to find the best one for your buck.
Read moreYou can finally rescue Half-Life’s guards and scientists thanks to this mod inspired by Lemmings
Half-Life: Lemmings lets you save the trapped employees of the Black Mesa: Facility.
Read moreFAA courts gamers to become air traffic controllers — boasts $155k average annual salary after three years as the agency prepares for 8,000 applicants
The FAA’s latest YouTube video is encouraging gamers to apply to become an air traffic controller, telling them that they’ve been training for this challenge. The...
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Cage 0.3 Released With New Wayland Protocol Support
Cage as the Wayland compositor providing a kiosk mode for single, maximized apps is out with a new feature release more than six months after its...
Read moreYour Push Notifications Aren’t Safe From the FBI
Plus: Iran’s internet blackout hits the 1,000-hour mark, cryptocurrency scams result in a record amount of money stolen from Americans, and more.
Read moreGNOME-Aligned Amberol 2026.1 Music Player Released, Phosh Improves X11 Support
A few weeks past the GNOME 50 release and there continues to be a lot of ongoing GNOME app activity worth highlighting…
Read moreTests show $30,000 AI GPUs are terrible password crackers — RTX 5090 gaming GPU outperforms Nvidia H200 and AMD MI300X
A research team at Specops benchmarked an RTX 5090, against two AI datacenter GPUs with Hashcat to see which GPU is the better password cracker. Spoiler...
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